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    Amateur Historians Unearth Long-Lost Tudor Palace Visited By Henry VIII & Elizabeth I

    If not for Margaret Beaufort, England’s most notorious dynasty might never have claimed the throne. Margaret Beaufort The matriarch of the Tudors, Margaret schemed to steal the crown for her son, the future Henry VII, during the Wars of the Roses, a 15th-century dynastic clash between rival...
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    The Secrets Of A Long-Overlooked Cipher Linked To Catherine Of Aragon

    Henry VIII’s first wife may have commissioned the design as an act of defiance during the Tudor king’s attempt to divorce her. In July 1531, Tudor king Henry VIII rode out of Windsor Castle with his mistress, Anne Boleyn, at his side. He left without warning, failing to bid farewell to...
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    History Rewritten: Myths Busted & New Truths Uncovered

    http/tinyurl.com/yqr5sy (Mod Edit: Original link is broken. Archived version found via The Wayback Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20090130100439/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1545177/Caravaggio-was-actually-Merisi-of-Milan.html) rynner the ubiquitous
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